Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA							2020_21
Subject	ECONOMICS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION					Code	00512027
Study programme	0512 - GRADO EN COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL
Descriptors	Credit.	Type	Year	Period
	6	Compulsory	Third	Second
Language	Castellano Ingles
Prerequisites
Department	ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA
Coordinador	GONZÁLEZ RABANAL , NURIA				E-mail	ngonr@unileon.es amacv@unileon.es
Lecturers	GONZÁLEZ RABANAL , NURIA MACIAS VAZQUEZ, ALFREDO
Web	http://
General description	In this subject we will go through the main economic policies of the european integration process to analyse how they affect the economic performance of the various member countries of the European Union.
Tribunales de Revisión	Tribunal titular Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA HIDALGO GONZALEZ , CRISTINA Secretario ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA ALVAREZ FOLGUERAS , CRISTINA Vocal ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA RODRIGUEZ FERNANDEZ , MARIA DEL PILAR Tribunal suplente Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA GARCIA ARIAS , JORGE RAMON Secretario ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA PARDO FANJUL , ANA Vocal ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA VEGA GOMEZ , MARTA MARIA

Competencias

Code
A6362
A6371
A6403
A6430
A6445
A6478
A6486
A6487
A6546
A6547
A6564
A6569
A6570
B782
B783
B788
B789
B790
B791
B792
B794
B796
B797
B798
B799
C3
C4

Learning aims

	Competences
	A6362 A6371 A6403 A6445 A6487 A6546 A6547 A6564 A6569 A6570	B783 B788 B789 B792 B794 B797 B798 B799	C3 C4
Identify advantages and disadvantages of european economic integration process and evaluate the impact of decreasing in trade barriors across the creation of common market and monetary integration. In adition, to know why some european countries have decided to take part in EU integration project, and evaluate economic disparities between member States.	A6362 A6403 A6430 A6478 A6486 A6546 A6547 A6564 A6569 A6570	B782 B788 B789 B790 B791 B792 B794 B796 B797 B798 B799	C3 C4

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Part 2: Economic analysis	unit 4. The fuel of the EU: the EU Budget. unit 5 Macroeconomic indictators unit 5.European Union Policies Part I unit 6 European Union policies Part II
Part 1: the basis of the UE	unit 1. Figures of European Union: A leadership history unit 2. Knowing the past, understanding the present unit 3. The complexity of EU machinery: understanding the engine

Planning

Methodologies  ::  Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Seminars	5	0	5
Other methodologies	5	5	10
Assignments	20	49	69
Personal tuition	10	0	10
Lecture	14	10	24
	5	20	25
Mixed tests	1	6	7
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies   ::  

	Description
Seminars	Some seminars will be organized during the semester and the attendance will be compulsory for all the students.
Other methodologies	Students will be involved in projects as radio post program or service learning. All of them quite active activities
Assignments	The methodology used will be reverse learning. The students will have to do the works in group and an individual work to overcome the subject. The class hours will be used for guided teaching by the teacher and the teaching materials will be available online
Personal tuition	The students will have the possibility to fix an appointment with the teacher.
Lecture	According to the general program, students will receive informal lectures about the topics of the subject.

Personalized attention

Personal tuition

Description Teacher offer to students a tutorial time during all semester.

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Seminars	During the semester, some seminars will be organized.	10%
Assignments	The core of the subject is the develop of tasks. There are two different types: Working groups tasks Individual one at the end of the semester based on student's selection of one EU policy.	30% 40%
Others	Other non fundamental activities related with the subject can be proposed by the teacher, included the task to watch videos and other media resources on moodle.	10%
Other comments and second call
<p>The methodology of the subject is based on inverse learning, that means that learning process is the responsability of the students and a part of time classes will be used to solve task and problems proposed by the teacher. </p>

ADDENDUM

Contingency plan due to COVID-19 emergency conditions that prevents from presence based teaching

COVID-19 Teaching Guide Addendum Access Link

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic	, EUROSTAT , ,
	Bakdwin and Wyplosz, The economics of European Integration, Mac Graw Hill, FERNÁNDEZ NAVARRETE, D. (2007): Fundamentos Económicos de la Unión Europea, Ed. Thomson, Madrid. HITIRIS, T. y VALLES, J. (1999):Economía de la Unión Europea, Prentice Hall, Madrid. JORDAN GALDUF, J.M. (2005): Economía de la Unión Europea, Ed. Civitas, Madrid. www.europa.int
Complementary

Recommendations

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

THEORY AND POLICY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS / 00512015 ENGLISH IV / 00512032 WORLD ECONOMY AND ITS ORGANISATION / 00512038 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES: WRITING AND TRANSLATION / 00512043

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

MACROECONOMICS / 00512002 MICROECONOMICS / 00512007 THEORY AND POLICY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS / 00512015 FRENCH III / 00512033 WORLD ECONOMY AND ITS ORGANISATION / 00512038 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES: WRITING AND TRANSLATION / 00512043

Other comments

This subject is especially indicated to Erasmus students who want to learn and work with Spanish and English language. This subject is not suggested to those Erasmus students that prefer travel to learning. It is required for more than 90% of attendance in classes. The level of Spanish is the equivalent to C2. Moodle data will be in English ( videos, tasks, readings) and masterclasses will be in the Spanish language.